Restoring connectivity in business, economy
It has been a week of total disruption of the communications system and the supply chain since July 17 when agitating anti-quota students called a nationwide shutdown. The indefinite curfew that the government enforced to combat the ensuing violence across the nation, only made matters worse. Then came the phase...
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Labour sector reform and GSP+
By now it is clear that following LDC graduation in less than two years, Bangladesh is poised to face many fresh challenges due to its elevated country status. A good deal of these relates to preferential benefits in the realm of trade and commerce the country so long enjoyed and...
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National revenue collection takes a hit
With the internet blackout and nationwide shutdown comes a host of problems for internal revenue generation. According to a report published in this newspaper on July 22: "State exchequer counts an estimated domestic revenue loss of Tk 8.73 billion daily as production, trade and services falter for the ongoing nationwide...
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Prolonged unrest will intensify session jam
Academic activities in all public universities across the country have been postponed since July 1, first, because of teachers' strike over pension scheme, and then the students' quota reform movement. To tackle students' movement, the government closed all educational institutions across the country, leaving the students in great uncertainty.In our...
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Help children recover from digital addiction
We have seen a dramatic increase in the amount of technology available to and used by children over the last decade. We are now living in such a digital paradigm where our children grow up in a world surrounded by technology and the internet. Today's children don't get as much...
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